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Definition of Snubber
1. Noun. A device used to suppress ("snub") voltage transients in electrical systems, pressure transients in fluid systems, or excess force or rapid movement in mechanical systems. ¹
2. Noun. (rare) One who snubs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Snubber
1. one that snubs [n -S] - See also: snubs
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snubber
Literary usage of Snubber
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1907)
"The firing of the snubber cracks or crevices the seam along the rib. ... The next
shear or side cut is made at the place where the snubber, drilled 1 foot ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1861)
"Either the snubber has authority on his side, and we have laid ourselves open by
some inadvertence, by a misplaced trust in his condescension—and we have ..."
3. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"Snub, snubber. See quotations. In New Jersey, a boat's rope is fastened round
... 1853 A snubber, may it please the court, snubs the boat when she heaves to ..."
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